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Rent a Room Scheme Experiences

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  • #102
    timetogo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭timetogo1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935550#Comment_121935550

    Has anybody gotten anything good to say about the RTB and the rental market? Now they're good enough to expand to the rent a room?

    I understand regulation is probably required as there are guys out there that really take the p***. Not worth it for me though. I'm guessing they'd come up with a pile of regulations that give the lodgers more rights than me in my home. I'll wait and see.



  • #103
    Emblematic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Emblematic


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935682#Comment_121935682

    In fairness, they resolved some cases where the landlord was found to be increasing rent beyond the allowed amount and also sorted some cases of illegal evictions. Some threads on boards about such cases.



  • #104
    kniggit
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭kniggit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121932192#Comment_121932192

    When a marriage with children breaks down, the Family Law Court almost always decides that it's in the best interests of the children for the mother to stay in the family home and for the father to leave. There's no fault or blame implicit in the decision, it's just something the court does almost automatically.

    Your assumption/gut feeling that there's something suspicious about a middle-aged man needing to rent a room because of marriage breakdown is wrong.



  • #105
    PeadarCo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭PeadarCo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935680#Comment_121935680

    The bill is a bill to create homelessness. It's very well intentioned but all it will do is make the housing crisis worse. It's the bedsit fiasco all over again.

    The fact a tax free incentive is required in the first place should tell a you how reluctant people to rent out spare rooms in the first place. Take away the tax incentive alone and a lot of homeowners would stop. Giving licencees (who are basically guests in a persons home) rights akin to tenants will kill this part of the housing market. That helps no one given the current housing crisis. As another poster said the idea is bonkers.



  • #106
    DFB-D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭DFB-D


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935680#Comment_121935680

    I wouldn't bet on it.

    Whatever landlords/tenants will put up with in a rental property, they will not put up with in their own home.

    I would say the majority of licences operate without issue, but when a issue does arise, I can imagine it makes for a very uncomfortable home life.



  • #107
    Emblematic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Emblematic


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121936493#Comment_121936493

    Also, remember that there will be a public consultation stage where people can voice their concerns about particular sections of the bill before it is enacted.



  • #108
    C3PO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭C3PO


    The Sinn Fein bill is typical of their ill thought out, populist nonsense! The only hope is that when they get into power they actually think all their promises through to their logical conclusions!



  • #109
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,858 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121935680#Comment_121935680

    I’d say your prediction is wrong.
    Homeowners that rent a room aren’t landlords either.



  • #110
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    What is the bare minimum to rent a room?

    Bed/Storage/desk ?

    Access to kitchen

    Access to own shower/toilet

    How does food work? Just share refrigerator and cook on their own?

    Thanks



  • #111
    MrRigsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭MrRigsby


    He might be the nicest person in the world. It’s a problem getting accommodation but it just isn’t my problem. Thankfully I’m out of the rental sector altogether. It seems like a good gig until you are actually doing it



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  • #112
    timetogo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭timetogo1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121957114#Comment_121957114

    All of those are up to you. Price accordingly.

    For us, we rent a couple of bedrooms, they can use the kitchen whenever they want. Also have access to the sitting room but they never use it. Bathroom is shared amongst them (and they clean it). For food we give them a shelf on the fridge and a space in a cupboard each.

    We buy stuff like milk, breakfast cereals, butter, salt / pepper, fruit, laundry supplies, cleaning supplies etc. and tell them to use what they want. That's cheap stuff anyway. They buy everything else for their meals / lunches etc.

    I wouldn't aim for the bare minimum. If you treat people well, usually it's reciprocated. We share the odd meal (us cooking or them cooking). The two with us have been with us for over a year and we have people in the house that we can trust and have no issues with. We could charge much more and provide less but it's a great help to our finances. We're doing well and they're doing well so I'm happy enough.

    Now just need to wait for the government to regulate and f it all up.



  • #113
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121958401#Comment_121958401

    thanks…sorry for a late response. Where are people advertising renting a room ?



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